24 Hour Play Festival

24 hours to write, rehearse, direct, and perform a play. Could you do it? I’ve always loved creative challenges. When I was a sophomore in high school, I dove headfirst into National Novel Writing Month and wrote 100,000 words of a novel during the month of November (I’ve completed that challenge twice since, but withContinue reading “24 Hour Play Festival”

Embrace Your Inner Clown

It all started with Patch Adams. You know, that Robin Wiliams movie from 1998. Have you seen it? (Confession time: I actually haven’t seen it. BUT, it inspired one specific Penn Stater, and the domino effect began.) The movie tells the story of Patch Adams, a real-life doctor who acted goofy, often dressing up likeContinue reading “Embrace Your Inner Clown”

A Long and Windy Road

“It is very rewarding to feel, time and time again, that you are pursuing what you love and exactly where you are meant to be.” This was the last line for one of my assignments this past semester. I had to write an analysis about my experience of shadowing an ESL classroom. I had reachedContinue reading “A Long and Windy Road”

Just Because.

So! I finally did it! I created a website, and you’re on it. Welcome to my little corner of the Internet. This is half an author website, half a whatever-I-want-it-to-be-at-any-given-moment site. Creating a website was something I had been thinking about for a while. I played with the idea, enjoying the taste. Like a jawbreakerContinue reading “Just Because.”